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    Sick Embden gander

    I have an 8 year old Embden gander who has been doing a little more resting than normal lately. He's eating and drinking OK but just seems to be a bit off. For several days now I have noticed him resting while his mate stands guard next to him. He has a small amount of dirt collecting at the...
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    Sick Embden gander

    I have an 8 year old Embden gander who has been doing a little more resting than normal lately. He's eating and drinking OK but just seems to be a bit off. For several days now I have noticed him resting while his mate stands guard next to him. He has a small amount of dirt collecting at the...
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    Help! very sick chick

    I have a 3 month old chick who is suddenly very weak and lethargic this morning. So weak she won't eat and can barely hold her head up. A quick exam showed no obvious trauma and respiratory rate seems about normal. Her crop is empty so I gave her some oral dextrose just in case she's...
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    Broody hen question

    I would like to raise some cornish cross chicks using my broody layer hens in hopes that they will have a better quality of life than my previous meat chicks who were raised in pens without a hen and who refused to leave the pen to free range. I have three broody hens (Marans and a Jersey...
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    Freedom rangers are ready for camp, however ...

    I have been raising 25 freedom rangers since the beginning of November. This is my very first attempt at raising meat birds of any kind so I'm not really not at all sure how things are normally done. I've been feeding a meat bird crumble up until a week ago when I switched to purina flock raiser...
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    Just won a breeding pair, now what?

    I went to a poultry show yesterday and entered a raffle for a breeding pair of royal palm turkeys... and I won! I was really shocked and unprepared. So, I brought the 5 month old pair home and this morning I released them on the property (2.5 acres, mostly wooded) with the rest of the free...
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    Rooster trying to teach my dog to attack

    So, I have this wonderful Border Terrier who is great with the chickens. He's not the least bit interested in them. They have been sharing the same space all spring and summer without a single incident. However, I just got an adult rooster who tries to attack the dog every chance he gets...
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